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Inferior frontal sulcal hyperintensities (IFSH) observed on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI have been proposed as indicators of elevated cerebrospinal fluid waste accumulation in cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). However, to validate IFSH as a reliable imaging biomarker, further replication studies are required. The objective of this study was to investigate associations between IFSH and CSVD, and their potential repercussions, i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPsychodyn Psychiatry
January 2025
Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Senior Consultant, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Milstein Hospital.
The request for hastened death by patients with psychiatric disorders poses a professional conundrum for psychiatrists. Issues of transference and countertransference loom large in such situations. Primitive defense mechanisms, particularly projective identification need to be addressed in understanding the request.
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January 2025
Department of Psychiatry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Objectives: Since physician-assisted dying (PAD) has become a part of the clinical dialogue in the United States (US) and other Western countries, it has spawned controversy in the moral, ethical, and legal realm, with significant cross-country variation. The phenomenon of PAD includes 2 practices: Euthanasia and medical aid in dying (MAiD). Although euthanasia has been allowed in different parts of the world, in the US it is illegal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt Emerg Nurs
January 2025
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, 161 Barry Street, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. Electronic address:
Unlabelled: Safewards is a complex intervention developed to promote a therapeutic response to minimise conflict and containment in inpatient mental health settings. A pilot study was conducted to adapt Safewards for the emergency department (ED) setting to evaluate its impact on the use of restrictive interventions. This subgroup analysis focusses on patients transported to the ED by police for mental health assessment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Coll Physicians Surg Pak
January 2025
Department of Psychiatry, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Objective: To determine referral patterns for psychiatric consultations among COVID-19 patients encompassing both the in-patient and Emergency Department of a multidisciplinary hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.
Study Design: A retrospective chart review. Place and Duration of the Study: The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, from March 2020 to December 2021.
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